Fitness Journey

In the beginning I was a 206lb "flabalicious" fat guy rapidly approaching the big 3-0. So, how am I doing? Today, about seven months in, I weighed 166.6lbs. Over the holidays I went back up to 178 lbs, but now I am working on reaching my goal of 159 lbs, 7% body fat, and a Ninja Warrior ready body.

Well it is that time again. Time to look through the search folder and laugh at all the poorly spelled, ill-thought, and just plain odd search terms that have led folks my way. Also, for your benefit I have laced this post throughout with GRE prep vocabulary words. Now you can learn AND laugh at the same time.

mens nuked photo

Somehow I think that the misspelling- a simple substitution of a u for an a- got this guy a whole different search result than what he intended on finding. Imagine his horror, as he typed in this term seeking out photos of naked men and he instead found photos of nuked men- perhaps Hiroshima and Nagasaki photos? That is a doozie of a difference caused by one wrong vowel. In a way it is sad. His sedulous pursuit of nude pictures of men is greeted instead with scenes of abject horror and destruction. The real tragedy, somewhere someone’s appetite for porn was not sated– the reliance on spelling skills proved a fatal flaw in the internet’s porn delivery system in this case.

how to make sex a workout

First, have sex. Second, you just worked out. If you were looking to incorporate dumbbells and such, well, other than yourself, I don’t recommend using them.

“Ken Giles was jogging in a park in Johnson City, Tenn., when, as he put it, “nature called.” He went off the trail to go take care of business. Then an undercover agent “put the badge in my face and told me that I was under arrest. I just thought I was in trouble for urinating in public.”

It was much more humiliating than that. The park was the site of a police crackdown on gay men using the park for sex. But the police went beyond arrests. Before anyone was convicted, they posted the names, addresses and photos of the men.

Giles’s wife saw his picture on the news. Then his employer fired him. “When I lost my job … my wife was so upset that she had a … a major heart attack.”

What purpose does this kind of thing serve? Why can’t police distinguish between someone trying to relieve themselves and someone try to get some kicks from public sex? Why are police so busy hiding in bushes or bathroom stalls trying to entrap people into engaging in illicit activities? While engaging in sexual acts in clear public view in front of others should indeed be a crime, There is no need for all this covert activity and undercover work.

Banning Fast Food to Fight Obesity?

“Jan Perry, a Los Angeles city-council member, is spearheading legislation that would ban new fast-food restaurants like McDonald’s and KFC from opening in a 32-square-mile chunk of the city, including her district.” – WSJ

You might ask why? The standard response from advocates of such measure

“[These measures are] crucial in the fight against obesity, diabetes and other diseases and health conditions.”

While all of you know I take seriously the problem of obesity in America, this is certainly not the way to go about it. Limiting the choices of all members of society because some abuse their freedom is the very antithesis of what one should expect from their government. This problem will only be solved when individuals take responsibility for their actions, not when the government bans or sin taxes every last twinkie, Big Mac, or fried food found in fast food restaurants, grocery stores, or your very own fridge.

Grown up P.E.- Do you Still Hit the Dork With Glasses? Wait, That’s me!

“This is Old School P.E., a two-hour exercise program strictly for adults, built around grown-up versions of gym class staples. Participants say getting in shape is a bonus to the main attraction — a Friday night out with friends, away from the kids.” – Yahoo! News (more…)

Good news, bad news, boring news, sensational news- it’s all in thousands of newspapers published in print and online daily, weekly, and monthly. But since you can’t read them all, whatever should the aspiring mind do? Are there some guidelines that might guide you through the avalanche of news available at the local newsstand and on the information superhighway.

Furthermore, there is more to reading and learning than newspapers right? Of course. There are journals, websites, blogs, etc. So allow me to introduce you to rule #1 of the 10 Weeks to an Intellectual Transformation program and how it applies to a broad range of sources- mostly by introducing you to a broad range of sources.

Rule #1.If you aren’t reading things that might get you on an FBI list you probably aren’t reading enough. (more…)

I was dumping the compost bin outside the other day when an idea struck me. Nope, it wasn’t a great opening sentence for my novel. Nope, it wasn’t a replacement for oil that is both cheap and clean. Instead, I thought to myself, “wouldn’t it be neat if I could do a split!?” Of course I am forced to admit that at no point in my life have I ever been able to perform a split of any kind. So what was I to do? (more…)

So you want one of those sexy well folded and crinkled brains? You know that ladies find the gray matter between your ears irresistible? And ladies, you know there is nothing hotter than a woman with a well developed cerebellum. As I used to say, when it comes to an intellectual woman I medulla oblon-GOTTA get to know her!

Well since I am no longer single that kind of reasoning doesn’t have much effect on me. But that is fine since I was long ago convinced of the need for a well-developed brain. Sadly that realization came after I wasted my freshman and sophomore years of college far more interested in learning how to meet women (something I was quite successful at) than in the general acquisition of knowledge. However, thanks to a wonderful public speaking professor and the threat of academic suspension (not to mention the loss of financial aid) I got my act together and went from a less than sterling 2.3 g.p.a. to a 3.7 g.p.a. in one semester.

Aside: If only there were as big a market for brain growth pills as for erection enhancers- both would be equally useless, but at least I wouldn’t be so pessimistic about humanity.(more…)

Here is a list of some fairly difficult vocabulary words- taken from my Dictionary.com word of the day emails. How many of these words do you know? Please be honest when you report your score(s) in the comments section.

For your enjoyment and benefit, the following is a brief reference guide to help you learn the importance of avoiding debt, how to save (regardless of your income), and and how to save painlessly (and for the masochists- painfully). (more…)